Transient or faint star?

• by Abe_Hoekstra

  The star top left of the bright star in the galaxy. Is it a transient or a star which is very faint in the SDSS and SkyView images?
  Looks like a very faint star.

  

  

  Posted February 8, 2018 2:06 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  I would go for faint star. Supernovae are brighter and greenish in SDSS

  

  http://legacysurvey.org//viewer/jpeg-cutout?ra=213.8503&dec=0.2495&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

  Posted February 8, 2018 7:26 PM